Charles de Courcy Parry

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(29 November 1869 – 19 November 1948) was a British

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officer who served as Chief Constable of the

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from 16 July 1902 to 1920 and on 1 April 1927 was appointed His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary for

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. Parry was the youngest son of Captain F. J. Parry, who had also served as HM Inspector of Constabulary and was previously chief constable of

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and

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. Before joining Cumberland and Westmorland, Parry had served in his father's Derbyshire force,

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(as a

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) and Monmouthshire Constabulary (where he was

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commanding the

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from 1894 to 1899"Fashionable Marriage at Risca", ''South Wales Gazette'', p.5, 13 September 1895), before being appointed deputy chief constable of

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in 1899''Abergavenny Chronicle'', p.5, 26 May 1899 and then chief constable of

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on 16 March 1900."New Police Inspector: A Former Northern Chief Constable", ''Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer'', 12 March 1927
/ref> He was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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and

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(CBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. He married Gwendoline Mary Wilkinson at Risca on 11 September 1895.Marriages, ''

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'', p.5, 14 September 1895

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